Psalmorum 39
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.
1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2[Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt, et sperabunt in Domino.
4LORD , make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am .
5Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annuntiavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it .
10Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna; ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine, tu scisti.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11Justitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo; veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi; non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
12Hear my prayer, O LORD , and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were .
13Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus; comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei, et cor meum dereliquit me.
13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
14Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me; Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.
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15Confundantur et revereantur simul, qui quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam; convertantur retrorsum et revereantur, qui volunt mihi mala.
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16Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge !
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17Exsultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te; et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.
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18Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper; Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es; Deus meus, ne tardaveris.]
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